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Sputum pots for use in connection with examinations
for Tubercle Bacilli are available to
general practitioners at this Department. These
are marked chargeable to the Surbiton Corporation.
There is a close co-operation between the
Surbiton Public Health Department and the Health
Department of the Surrey County Council, the
County Council making all arrangements for the
provision of sanatorium and hospital treatment.
The County Medical Officer of Health periodically
sends Health Visitors' reports to this Department
on the Home Conditions of Tuberculosis
patients, and where necessary, visits are made to
ascertain if overcrowding exists, and if patients
could beneficially be removed to Council Houses.
Measles.
Measles is not a notifiable infectious disease in
Surbiton, and no accurate records of the number of
cases are kept. The Head masters and mistresses
notify the cases occurring in the Schools.
The Tolworth Isolation Hospital takes in complicated
cases of measles. Fourteen such cases
were admitted from Surbiton during the year.
There was one death from measles during the
year.